Dress-shield holder



No. 62!,208. Patented Mar. l4, I899.

v A. F. BEESE. DRESS SHIELD HOLDER.-

(Application MM! Mar. 9, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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AUGUST F. BEESE, OF BUFFALO, NENV YORK.

DRESS-SHIELO HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 621,208, dated March 14, 1899.

Application filed March 9, 1898.

T ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, AUGUST F. BEEsE, of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Dress-Shield Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a device especially adapted to readily attach a dress-shield to the arm-scye of a garment, the attachment being so made that the shield may be quickly detached from the garment and substituted by another, if so desired.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the device that it may be worn with comfort, and whereby, further, the device will not weaken the shield to which it is applied.

A further object of'the invention is to provide a dress-shield holder that will admit of any thickness of goods, and which will enable the shield to be adjusted at the will of the wearer and will prove a more secure attachi'ng medium than thread, and which will be practically indestructible.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth,- and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a shield secured to a garment through the medium of the improved holder. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the improved holder, illustrating the locking-section as carried from over the gripping-section. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the improved holder, illustrating the gripping-section applied to a shield and the locking-section in position for engagement with Fig. 4. is an end view of the improved holder, the locking-section having been carried over the gripping-section and the holder being in position to secure the dress-shield to the garment; and Fig. 5 is a vertical central'section taken practically on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4. j

The device may be said to comprise two main parts-a gripping-section A and a locking-section 13, both sections being made of a. spring material.

The grippingsection A consists of two jaws Serial No. 673,178. (No model.)

and 11, the jaws being outwardly curved, the curvature of the said jaws being to such an extent that when the jaws are connected the space betweensaid jaws will be substantially oval, as illustrated in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. Each jaw at its lower edge is provided with teeth 12, the teeth of the jaws being arranged to interlock, and the teeth are horizontal or at an angle to the body portions of the jaws. The jaws 10 and 11 are hinged together, the hinge connection being practically that of an ordinary butt, one of the jaws being provided with a central knuckle 13 and the other jaw with two end knuckles 14, while a pivot-pin 15 is passed through the knuckles of both jaws, as is best illustrated in Fig. 5. The pivot-pin extends beyond the ends of the jaws, and at one end of the said pivot-pin an eye 16 is formed, while at the opposite end of the pivot-pin a head 17 is constructed.

The locking-section B is substantially U- shaped in cross-section. Its lower or longitudinal edges, however, are curved inward to a greater or less extent, as shown best in Fig. 4. The two sides of the locking-section are designated in. the drawings as 18 and 19, and at each end of the locking-section a lip is formed, one lip being designated'as 20 and the other as 21. The extremities .of the lips are carried downward in direction of the longitudinal edges of the locking-section. Therefore these lips are somewhat in the nature of hoods. One lipthe lip 20, for exampleis provided with a slot 22 at its center, and the lip 21 is provided with an opening 23. The opening or aperture 23 in the lip 21 is adapted to receive the eye 16 of the pivot-pin 15 belonging to the gripping-section A.

When the locking-section is carried downward over the gripping-section, the inwardlyinclined longitudinal edges of the lockingsection foree the jaws of the gripping-section together to such an extent that when the device is not applied to the shield the teeth 12 Will be made to interlock, and the lockingsection when carried to locking engagement with the gripping-section will be held in such engagement by frictional contact and will be further maintained in such position by reason of the end of the pivot-pin 15, carrying the head 17, entering the slot 22 in the lip 20 of the locking-section, as shown in Fig. 5.

In the application of the device the shield is placed over the arm-scye seam in the usual way and two of said holders are employed for each shield, being applied near each end at the fold portion of the shield. In the application of the holder the locking'section is carried from binding engagement with the gripping-section, as shown in Fig. 2. The jaws of the gripping-section are then separated so that said jaws may receive between them the opposing faces of the folded shield, as shown in Fig. The locking-section is then carried down to a frictional engagement with the gripping-section, and when such engagement occurs between the two sections the jaws of the gripping-section will be forced to a firm and positive engagement with the shield, firmly holding the shield to the garment. hen it is desired to remove the shield, the device may be gently drawn from engagement with the shield, or the locking-section may be carried from over the gripping-section, and the holder may be removed without the slightest injury to the shield.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination in a dress-shield holder, of gripping-jaws having a hinged connection, the pintle of said hinge having its ends extending beyond both ends of the jaws, and a locking-section approximately U-shaped in cross-section and having one end pivotally connected to one extended end of said pintle, the other end of said locking-section having a slot adapted to receive the other extended end of said pintle, as set forth.

ing-section U-shaped in cross-section and having one end pivotally connected to the loop on one end of the said pintle, the other end of said locking-section having a slot adapted to receive the head on the opposite end of said pintle, as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a dress-shield holder, the combination, with a gripping-section consisting of opposing jaws curved in opposite directions and provided with teeth at their lower longitudinal edges, the said jaws having a hinged connection, the pintle of the hinge extending beyond the ends of the jaws, terminating at one extremity in an eye and at the other extrem ity in a head, of a locking-section substantially U-shaped in cross-section, the lower edges whereof are inwardly curved, the locking-section being provided with a lip at each end, one lip having a hinge engagement with the eye of the pintle of the gripping-section and the other lip being provided with a slot adapted to receive a portion of the said pintle, as and for the purpose specified.

AUGUST F. REESE.

Witnesses:

NELLIE M. GRANT, DULSA F. HORNE. 

